Eurasia Press & News
Israel is seething with conflict between Jews and Arabs with increasing tension in the West Bank, rocket fire from Gaza and with fear of escalation on the northern border. Israel completely closed off Gaza’s fishing zone this morning. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Rassan Alian had …
Read More »New Kurdish group in Syria attacks Turkish-backed opposition in Afrin
The Afrin Liberation Forces, which has escalated attacks against the Turkish-backed opposition in the Aleppo countryside, is being secretive about the sources of its support, weapons and training. The Afrin Liberation Forces, a group of Kurdish fighters from Afrin also known as Hezen Rizgariya Efrine (HRE), recently stepped up their …
Read More »Why has Israel not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide?
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Have Israel’s diplomatic, military and economic concerns trumped its moral imperative? The mass murder of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 to 1917 by the regime of the Young Turks in Turkey is widely seen as the first genocide of the 20th century. It is also an …
Read More »Biden’s recognition of Armenian Genocide shows Turkey’s fading influence
Previous US presidents have avoided using the term ‘genocide’ out of fear of angering key NATO ally US President Joe Biden’s expected recognition of the Ottoman Empire’s mass killings of Armenians as genocide is a sign of Turkey’s waning influence over Washington, analysts told The Media Line. Biden is expected …
Read More »Iran’s Revolution Guards eliminate ‘terrorist team’
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) forces “smashed a team of terrorists” in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing three. Iran’s Tasnim news reported the IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base said in a statement that the team had plans to carry out further anti-terrorist operations in the region. …
Read More »The Jerusalem butterfly effect: What Hamas stands to gain from Gaza rocket fire
The terror group’s controlled escalation in the south sends a clear message to Israel over Jewish extremists’ actions in the capital, while bolstering its credentials internally The events of recent days, and particularly the barrage of rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, take us back …
Read More »Iran army chief threatens to ‘teach Israel a good lesson’ after tanker targeted
Mohammad Bagheri warns of military response, implies Israel behind attack on Iranian vessel off Syria, amid sky-high tensions and talks over renewing nuclear deal Iran’s Armed Forces chief Mohammad Bagheri on Sunday threatened to “teach Israel a very good lesson,” appearing to hint the Jewish state was behind a reported …
Read More »Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel as fighting enters second day
One intercepted by Iron Dome, second hits open field, third lands inside Strip; fresh attacks come after 36 rockets fired at Israel overnight Fri-Sat amid ongoing Jerusalem unrest Palestinian terrorists launched multiple rockets toward southern Israel on Saturday night, one of which was shot down while another struck an open …
Read More »Iran: Israel stole nuclear archive
A senior Iranian official has admitted that Israel stole the archive of his country’s nuclear programme in an alleged Mossad operation carried out in 2018, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. Momeen Rezaei, advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iran’s Mehr News Agency on Wednesday …
Read More »Report: Saudi crown prince backed Israel plan to overthrow Jordan king
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is said to have supported an Israeli plot to overthrow the Jordanian King Abdullah II in exchange for guardianship of the holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported. The paper quoted a Jordanian security official as saying that the …
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